Meiji Restoration and The Rise of Japan

Key Terms
Meiji Emperor
Edo Period
Satsuma Rebellion
Washington Naval Conference
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Samurai
Manchuria
Treaty of Portsmouth
Twenty-One Demands
Open Door Policy



What did Japan gain from Imperialism in Formosa, in Korea, in Manchuria?

We will be reading pp. 299-305 in the History of Asia book.  This deals with the changes in Japan as a result of the arrival of the West in China.

For information on how Korea dealt with the West in the 1850s see below:

http://www.historytoday.com/wilson-strand/opening-hermit-kingdom


August 26, Readings for hw.

http://www.taisho.com/satsuma.html

http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2012/04/industrial-policy-in-meiji-japan.html

This will be part of the class on Wednesday, so don't read the whole thing, but read about 5 pages.

http://www.grips.ac.jp/forum-e/pdf_e01/eastasia/ch5.pdf